C-A 36: all 116 documents

Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles (Decrees & Despatches), tomos Vol. IX. Every entry below has its own citable page. ← volume overview
  1. 1835-03-21 · doc 1 · Decreto: towns lacking a coat of arms (or holding one alluding to *la dominación española*) to present Congress a replacement
  2. 1837-05-11 · doc 2 · Decreto: govt to remit funds 4 months in advance so garrisons are paid
  3. (n.d.) · doc 3 · Treaty of Amity, Navigation & Commerce, Mexico–Kingdom of Denmark
  4. 1837-04-25 · doc 4 · Decreto: free exploitation & sale of *azufre y salitre* (sulphur & saltpeter)
  5. 1834-05-10 · doc 5 · Decreto: no ecclesiastical office to any Spaniard-by-birth while Spain withholds recognition of Mexican independence
  6. 1824-05-19 · doc 6 · Decreto: $1,500 congrua increase to the Governor of the Mitre (bishopric) of Sonora
  7. 1829-06-12 · doc 7 · Treaty of Amity, Navigation & Commerce (transmitted)
  8. 1829-10-29 · doc 8 · Treaty — Savage note 'documento trunco, sin principio'
  9. 1830-08-24 · doc 9 · Decreto: tax on foreign-origin *géneros, pieles y lienzos*
  10. 1833-03-17 · doc 10 · 7 decrees: officer/sgt ranks; pardon of Juan Marroquí (desertion); Fomento/Comisaría posts; ⭐ repeal of art
  11. 1833-03-01 · doc 11 · 6 decrees: general commissariats + reglamento; public-debt accounting; suppress unneeded commissary posts
  12. 1833-02-24 · doc 12 · Decree on extraordinary-session matters (public instruction, censures, revenue arbitrios)
  13. 1833-03-03 · doc 13 · Decreto: abolishing the Proto-Medicato → junta of 8 physician-surgeons + 4 pharmacists
  14. 1833-03-24 · doc 14 · Decreto: permitting book imports of any origin / place of printing
  15. 1833-02-01 · doc 15 · 4 decrees: cost of restoring order to the armed force; 4-month baggage-requisition authorization
  16. 1833-02-24 · doc 16 · Decreto: extending ordinary sessions 30 days
  17. 1833-04-25 · doc 17 · Decreto: political amnesty for Mexicans-by-birth who incurred political crimes
  18. 1833-11-18 · doc 18 · Bando sobre ladrones de ganados y caballada* (cattle/horse thieves)
  19. 1833-12-19 · doc 19 · Bando sobre el cólera morbo*
  20. 1833-12-05 · doc 20 · Bando* — election of Deputies (Junta Electoral Secundaria 28 Nov): to Congress Juan Bandini (supl. J.A. Carrillo)
  21. 1833-08-06 · doc 21 · Printed proclamation to his Alta California constituents — has begun serving as Deputy for the Territory
  22. 1833-09-14 · doc 22 · Bando* — Sept 16 Independence-anniversary celebration
  23. 1833-04-17 · doc 23 · Proclama* — Santa Anna–Bustamante armistice (11 Dec 1832) → Plan de Pacificación; Gómez Pedraza recognized President
  24. 1833-10-15 · doc 24 · Bando* — mode of Territory elections per Plan de Zavaleta (primaries 1st Sun Nov, Junta Secundaria 28 Nov, Deputy elections 4 Dec)
  25. 1833-10-01 · doc 25 · Bando* — forged papal Bulls: none accepted after 6 mo without Mexican-Consul-in-Rome endorsement
  26. 1834-05-26 · doc 26 · Bando sobre revoltosos* — guard against *facciosos* entering the Territory
  27. 1834-11-05 · doc 27 · Bando* — conservation of woodlands (montes): Asamblea decree (per 1813 Cortes) — replanting, timber-export ban w/o written…
  28. 1835-04-04 · doc 28 · Bando sobre recolección de fusiles* — collect firearms from private hands (per Congressional decree)
  29. 1835-01-24 · doc 29 · Reglamento* — forming a Territory Active Militia Artillery Company
  30. 1839-03-10 · doc 30 · Discurso* taking possession of the Prefecture of the 1st District
  31. 1836-11-06 · doc 31 · Proclama á los habitantes*
  32. 1836-11-13 · doc 32 · Proclama* as 'Comandante de la Vanguardia de la División de Operaciones' 'á los habitantes del Estado libre y Soberano de la Alta…
  33. 1836-11-29 · doc 33 · Proclama* swearing to the bases adopted by the Diputación Territorial
  34. 1836-11-07 · doc 34 · 'Declarando al Territorio independiente de México' — the declaration of California's 1836 autonomy
  35. 1836-11-29 · doc 35 · Declaring M.G. Vallejo a Colonel
  36. 1836-12-04 · doc 36 · Suprimiendo empleos*
  37. 1836-12-05 · doc 37 · Organización de fuerza militar*
  38. 1836-12-07 · doc 38 · Naming J.B. Alvarado a Colonel
  39. 1836-12-09 · doc 39 · Ordering deputy elections
  40. 1836-12-09 · doc 40 · Permitting deep-sea & coastal trade (*altura y cabotaje*)
  41. 1836-05-03 · doc 41 · Proclama* announcing his appointment as Jefe Político
  42. 1836-05-11 · doc 42 · Prohibiting foreign ships' commerce
  43. 1836-05-13 · doc 43 · Remitiendo bandos
  44. 1836-05 · doc 44 · Discurso* after swearing the Constitution
  45. 1836-05-27 · doc 45 · Discurso* before the Junta Departamental
  46. 1837-05-10 · doc 46 · Proclama al pueblo* (large print run)
  47. 1837-07-09 · doc 47 · Proclama* recommending peace
  48. 1837-10-31 · doc 48 · Aviso al Público* — Supreme Govt names Carlos Carrillo interim Gov. (the Alvarado–Carrillo governorship dispute)
  49. 1839-01-24 · doc 49 · Bando* — land grant in the Islands to Antonio & Carlos Carrillo (per Interior Min. 20 Jul 1838)
  50. 1838-12-10 · doc 50 · Bando* on his appointment as Gov.; the Castillero Commission secures confirmation & orders elections (+ truncated peace proclama…
  51. 1838-05-27 · doc 51 · Proclama* on assuming the government
  52. 1838-10-06 · doc 52 · Sobre *'planes de Solano'* (⚠ lead — verify vs Chief Solano → Solano County history)
  53. 1838-12-22 · doc 53 · Proclama* urging loyalty against rebels
  54. 1838-07-30 · doc 54 · Bando sobre terrenos* — community-lands (*terrenos de comunidad*) grazing regularization
  55. 1838-07-30 · doc 55 · Aviso* — smallpox epidemic: public vaccination at the Casa de Gobierno (5 ej.)
  56. 1839-05-07 · doc 56 · Bando* — land applications routed via District Prefect → *expediente* → Secretaría de Gobierno (rancho-grant machinery)
  57. 1839-02-27 · doc 57 · Bando* dividing California into Districts
  58. 1839-12-04 · doc 58 · Bando* — Congressional decree dividing the Republic's departments into 2 sections (copy by I. Tapia, LA, 25 Jan 1840)
  59. 1839-01-17 · doc 59 · Bando* on elections
  60. 1839-05-05 · doc 60 · Departmental Electoral Junta roster (per 30 Nov 1836 law): to Congress Andrés Castillero / Osio; Junta Dept. Jimeno Casarín, J.I
  61. 1839-12-20 · doc 61 · Bando* inserting Congress's Jul 15 decree on Departmental Tribunals
  62. 1840-12-22 · doc 62 · Bando* — Senate approved the Department's deputy elections
  63. 1840-03-01 · doc 63 · Decreto suppressing Mission Administrators, creating Mayordomos
  64. 1840-03-18 · doc 64 · Decreto on electing Ministers to the Departmental Superior Tribunal
  65. 1841-05-27 · doc 65 · Bando* transmitting Interior Min. note on *'la revolución de Graham'* (the Graham Affair; cf. C-A 42/45/49)
  66. 1841-03-27 · doc 66 · Proclama* on the *asesinato de Fink* (cf. C-A 43 d33)
  67. 1842-10-24 · doc 67 · Proclama* on Micheltorena's arrival — lands at San Diego as Gob./Comte Gral./Inspector of both Californias
  68. 1843-11-14 · doc 68 · Bando* — abolition of Prefectos & election of Jueces
  69. 1843-12-04 · doc 69 · Inserting Micheltorena's Nov 4 decree on the Santa Anna election (2 ej.)
  70. 1843-11-24 · doc 70 · Bando* — election of Deputies (art. 149 Bases Orgánicas): to Congress Manuel Castañares / Osio; vocales Pío Pico, Fco
  71. 1844-01-01 · doc 71 · Comprehensive administrative-fiscal reform: a junta of the elite (Tellez, J. Castro, M.G
  72. 1843-12-31 · doc 72 · Bando* on export of hides & other goods
  73. 1844-08-28 · doc 73 · Circular on the installation of the Assembly
  74. 1844-09-08 · doc 74 · Circular on an Assembly decree of Aug 26
  75. 1844-06-13 · doc 75 · Bando* regulating physicians'/surgeons' fees: register titles; visit fees $1 rich / 4 rl middling / free for poor & soldiers
  76. 1844-07-08 · doc 76 · Officer roster of the 'Milicia auxiliar de Defensores de la Patria' — 2 regts by district: Cols. Alvarado & M.G. Vallejo, Lt.Col
  77. 1844-07-16 · doc 77 · Reglamento* of the Defensores de la Patria militia
  78. 1844-02-13 · doc 78 · Assembly's proposal of 5 candidates for Governor
  79. 1844-11-18 · doc 79 · Bando* — penalties against aiders of the *revoltosos* (a horse-thief band 'pronounced' in the South): forfeiture
  80. 1845-07-26 · doc 80 · Convoking the Departmental Assembly
  81. 1845-06-23 · doc 81 · Proposal to the Supreme Govt of 5 Gov. candidates: Pío Pico, Juan Bandini, M.G
  82. 1845-09-09 · doc 82 · Bando* — Congressional decree admitting 'los Paulinos' to settle anywhere in the Republic
  83. 1845-06-05 · doc 83 · 'Decreto acerca de Misiones'* — the 1845 Pico mission decree (cf. C-A 49/51/53 mission-sales machinery)
  84. 1845-05-28 · doc 84 · Bando sobre maderas* — no timber-cutting on others' property w/o permission
  85. 1845-04-23 · doc 85 · Bando sobre policía y ornato de la Ciudad* (LA building code): houses walled/whitewashed in 3 mo
  86. 1845-03-05 · doc 86 · Edicto* — rodeos to separate different owners' horses
  87. 1845-03-24 · doc 87 · Bando* abolishing the 5 Jul 1844 prohibition on introducing goods (nationalized foreign goods from southern ports
  88. 1845-02-23 · doc 88 · Proclama* on the peace secured at the Campo de Cahuenga (the 1845 capitulation ending the Micheltorena war) — thanks those who…
  89. 1845-02-17 · doc 89 · Bando* creating auxiliary troops (final anti-Micheltorena mobilization): all citizens/naturalized foreigners to arms
  90. 1845-02-01 · doc 90 · Civil war: Micheltorena's battalion + Sutter's foreign riflemen vs Alvarado & José Castro who 'invaded' Los Ángeles 'for the…
  91. 1845-02-15 · doc 91 · Proclama* assuming the governorship & the Diputación's disavowal of Micheltorena — denounces his force ('adventurers, demoralized…
  92. 1845-07-05 · doc 92 · Bando* dividing the Department into 2 Districts (Los Ángeles & Monterey) + *partidos* + the full…
  93. 1845-07-05 · doc 93 · Bando* creating a provisional Superior Tribunal (4 Ministers + 1 fiscal, 2 salas)
  94. 1845-07-12 · doc 94 · Assembly's *ternas* for Tribunal Ministers/Fiscal/suplentes (J.A
  95. 1845-07-12 · doc 95 · Appointment of Prefects & Subprefects (Monterey Prefect Manuel Castro; subprefects LA Sepúlveda, Sta Bárbara A
  96. 1845-07-12 · doc 96 · Appointment of Tribunal Ministers: 1st José Antonio Carrillo, 2nd Manuel Requena, Fiscal Mariano Bonilla + 6 suplentes —…
  97. 1845-08-02 · doc 97 · Announces election of Gral. José Joaquín de Herrera as President of the Republic
  98. 1845-08-27 · doc 98 · On measures for war with the United States
  99. 1845-08-27 · doc 99 · Proclama* on war with the US — defense measures vs a possible invasion
  100. 1845-09-06 · doc 100 · Bando sobre viticultura* — LA grape/wine anti-theft: sale receipts; forbidden to buy grapes from Indians/servants w/o paper
  101. 1845-09-17 · doc 101 · Installing the Superior Tribunal with the *suplentes* (propietarios couldn't serve)
  102. 1845-10-08 · doc 102 · Bando* on the opening of registers
  103. 1845-10-28 · doc 103 · Sobre estado del país*
  104. 1845-10-11 · doc 104 · Decreto* closing the Assembly sessions
  105. 1845-03-14 · doc 105 · Assembly to continue meeting (Wed/Fri sessions)
  106. 1845-06-01 · doc 106 · Proclama* on the govt seeking the Department's progress
  107. 1845-10-28 · doc 107 · 'Reglamento para la enajenación y arriendo de las Misiones' — the complete 1845 mission sale-and-lease scheme (23 arts, 5…
  108. 1846-05-02 · doc 108 · Assembly reopens its suspended sessions
  109. 1846-05-13 · doc 109 · Edicto* on elections
  110. 1846-04-03 · doc 110 · Decreto* authorizing the government to SELL the missions (Assembly 30 Mar): auction to pay creditors
  111. 1846-03-13 · doc 111 · Proclama* on the invasion of the Territory by Frémont's forces (the Gavilan Peak standoff) — the volume's closing document, eve…
  112. 1824–1840 · doc 112 · BOUNDED — federal decrees + foreign treaties + Figueroa 1833 promulgation-clusters (verified via sample n12/Sav 13
  113. 1840s · doc 113 · BOUNDED — federal decrees + fiscal law (verified via samples n24/Sav 25
  114. 1836+ · doc 114 · BOUNDED — federal constitutional & electoral law (verified via samples n48/Sav 49: centralist electoral law arts
  115. 1845-05-10 · doc 115 · Bando* — expedition vs horse-thieving Indians (ranchos furnish mounted men by servant-count, rally at Mission San Fernando 5 Jun
  116. 1845-10-08 · doc 116 · Bando* on the hide trade: merchants register seller/brand/price; weekly alcalde inspection